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exhibitable

exhibitable

5.1
Can be shown to people, for example in a museum
  • adjective
  • /ɪɡˈzɪbɪtəbl/
translation icon : exhibible
  • The first were craftsmen who had shown their work publicly within the last two years—in other words, artisans who held a first, second, or third place medal from the Paris Universal Exposition in 1889 and had, therefore, proven their work exhibitable.

And we're reducing as, as doing the phrenology path, we're reducing a person down to their skull, down to what is exhibitable, we might say.

Examples

  • The gallery features a collection of artworks that are all exhibitable to the public.

  • After extensive restoration, the ancient pottery pieces are finally exhibitable in the museum.

  • And we're reducing as, as doing the phrenology path, we're reducing a person down to their skull, down to what is exhibitable, we might say.

  • And we're reducing as, as doing the phrenology path, we're reducing a person down to their skull, down to what is exhibitable, we might say.

  • It was not until the 1980s, when it became the focus of new attention by the international art market as an exhibitable (and saleable) category of art, that African beadwork was presented in museums and private galleries as a primary subject.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The documentary presented several exhibitable artifacts that highlighted the region's history.

Synonyms

viewable
vsexhibitable
2 3.4

Able to be seen on a screen or in a place

is meant to be made visible to others, including as legal proof
displayable
vsexhibitable
  • Specialized
3.8

Can be shown on a screen or display

is made visible more broadly, including for public audiences or as proof
disclosable
vsexhibitable
  • Jargon
5.4

Can be shared with other people when the law allows it

is for showing physical or visual items rather than only revealing information

Antonyms

Not fit for people to see in public because of bad looks, poor condition, or bad behavior

How Displayable

exhibitable
5.1
displayable
  • Specialized
3.8
presentable
24 3.5
sensitive
  • Texting
43 4.1
private
1.8

Surface Forms

exhibitable positive

Morphology

exhibitable = exhibit (transparent) = exhibit + able

Regular adjectival formation from the verb 'exhibit' with '-able' indicating 'capable of being shown', so the meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

The word exhibitable comes from the common word exhibit and the ending -able, and exhibit itself comes from the parts ex- and habere meaning 'out' and 'to hold', so to exhibit is to 'hold out' something for people to see. Since -able means 'can be', exhibitable simply means 'can be shown' or 'able to be displayed'.